In a Dutch program about useless jobs and money and new politics , there was a woman who said that the richest contribute the most in a country. I'm so sick of that argument and the fact that nobody seems to be able to give the counterargument to that, that I will give one here, in numbers no less! So, let's take a rich and a poor person. The rich person earns ten times as much as the poor person. And lets assume that the average tax income for that level of rich is 40% and that level of poor 5%. Rich person earns €12.000 per month. Tax: 40% Money to state: € 4.800 Poor person earns € 1.200 per month. Tax 5% Money to state: €60 So, clearly, the rich contribute much more than the poor! Wrong! Why? Let's take a look from the standpoint of the persons and let's not forget about how much is needed to survive or rather live a "minimal-normal" life. To have a normal life with not too much problems (food, shelter, cellular, etc..) I throw an
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